"play pendulum" meaning in All languages combined

See play pendulum on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: plays pendulum [present, singular, third-person], playing pendulum [participle, present], played pendulum [participle, past], played pendulum [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|plays pendulum|playing pendulum|played pendulum|played pendulum}} play pendulum (third-person singular simple present plays pendulum, present participle playing pendulum, simple past and past participle played pendulum)
  1. (obsolete) To swing or oscillate in the manner of a pendulum. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-play_pendulum-en-verb-Y2fkJwY9
  2. (figuratively, by extension, obsolete) To sway from one emotion or state of mind to another. Tags: broadly, figuratively, obsolete
    Sense id: en-play_pendulum-en-verb-eWScdCXL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

Inflected forms

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